Sally McNair (born 1956) is a female television sports journalist in

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. She worked as a presenter and reporter at STV on the world's longest-running TV sports programme, "

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" from 1982.

Career

In 1982, McNair joined ''

'' and become the first female sports presenter in television in Scotland. In 1990 she began presenting an afternoon show on

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. She has worked at BBC Scotland and presented the shorter and weekend "

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" bulletins for many years. Occasionally, she presents the main flagship programme when Sally Magnusson or Jackie Bird are away. In over 30 years in TV journalism, Sally has also worked at ITN on

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's original breakfast news programme, "

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". She presented the late news on the day of the official opening of BBC Scotland's new studios at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. The bulletin was being presented from an open-plan area of the building, and this resulted in most of the news being delivered over the noise of a party taking place in the building.

''Escape to Glasgow'' documentary

On 14 November 2010, BBC Scotland aired the documentary ''Escape to Glasgow'', in which McNair meets some of Britain's first evacuees, and retraces their journeys. The programme was aired for a second time in December 2010.

References

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